FAQs, Fees, & Insurance Info

A standard, 50-minute session is $180, and the initial intake session (60 minutes) is $200.

I do not have any sliding scale spots available at this time. Please check back in the future or reach out if this is something you are interested in.

Please note, sliding scale spots are intended only for those facing financial barriers to therapy, and would identify with having frequent stress about meeting financial needs.

I am an out of network (OON) provider, meaning I am not paneled, or “in network,” with insurance companies. However, many insurance plans have OON mental health benefits to see OON providers (like me).

Check with your specific plan and provider to see what your OON benefits include.

Some questions that might be helpful:

• Verify mental health coverage for your plan

• Check deductible and deductible dates

• Reimbursement Percentage

• Number of Sessions Max or Limit

Please note, OON coverage is a form of reimbursement from your insurance company to you, and each session fee is due in full at the end of each session.

Yes to both! In-person sessions are available at my office, steps away from Gasworks Park in Seattle. Telehealth therapy is available anywhere in Washington state, including clients who cannot make it in-person, or for clients with ADA needs/accommodations.

Simply enough, Natura is Latin for nature. And with the evolving advancements of tech and AI,I believe it is becoming more and more important to lean into our human nature, human connection. and accept what it means to be human from an existential lens.

Therapeutic fit (also known as Therapeutic Alliance) is one of the biggest predictors of positive therapy outcomes, and is also important for both scope of practice and style of therapy. In consultation, we will spend approximately 15-30 minutes discussing your goals and hopes for therapy, getting a sense of who I am as a therapist, and if we want to move forward with therapy.

I meet with clients on a weekly basis, as therapy is most effective at this frequency. Biweekly sessions can be made available to clients who have hit their goals for therapy and are ready to transition out.

There are a couple of options. Of course, you can submit superbills directly to your insurance company for the most streamlined approach.

Or, if you would like to use a third-party to handle this process for you, Thrizer can submit superbills and handle reimbursements in one step, for a small fee.

Please email me at james@naturapsychotherapy.com for any questions you might have around out of network benefits and I will try my best to answer them.